Chinese

抬

tái
to lift; to heave
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 手
  • 8 strokes

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Origin

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'ɯː): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese台 “original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”)”

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